Breast cancer overtakes lung as most common cancer – WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. “For the first time, breast cancer now constitutes the most commonly occurring cancer globally,” Andre Ilbawi, a cancer specialist at the WHO, told a UN briefing ahead of World Cancer Day on […]
Wow!: Guatemalans fight hunger with book-for-food barters by bike
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how Guatemalan non-profit 32 Volcanoes is fighting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic with pedal power…
Pope Francis tells Catholic journalists he has hope for ‘courageous’ US church
Vatican CityRNS Addressing the current challenges of the US Catholic Church, Pope Francis warned against the polarization in the country and the “sins” of the media. “The church in the United States is a church that has been courageous – the history it has and the saints – and has done so much,” Pope Francis […]
Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines
Dodoma, TanzaniaAP Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of the country of 60 million people expressed doubt about the vaccines without offering evidence. Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima told a press conference in the capital, Dodoma, on Monday that “the ministry has no […]
Noisy anti-coup protest reverberates in Myanmar’s largest city
Reuters The din of banging pots and honking car horns reverberated through Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon late on Tuesday in the first widespread protest against the military coup that overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The party of the detained Nobel Peace laureate called for her release by the junta that seized power […]
In the US, Duke Divinity School dean tapped as Belmont University president
Durham, North Carolina, USRNS L Gregory Jones, the longtime dean of the United Methodist-affiliated Duke Divinity School, will become the new president of Belmont University, a non-denominational Christian school close to Music Row in Nashville. Jones will succeed Belmont President Bob Fisher, who is retiring in May after two decades at the helm of the […]
Myanmar generals tighten grip on power as US calls for sanctions
Reuters The United States threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar’s generals after they seized power in a coup and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose whereabouts remained unknown on Tuesday more than 24 hours after her arrest. The UN Security Council was due to meet later on Tuesday, diplomats said, amid calls for […]
In the US, Rev Suzan Johnson Cook’s Black women in ministry program gains $US1 million grant
RNS A new program pairing Black women in ministry with mentors has received a $US1 million Lilly Endowment grant. Rev Suzan Johnson Cook, former US international religious freedom ambassador, and her home church, Union Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, have partnered on the REAL THRIVE Initiative. The program includes women in the New York and […]
Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France
Paris, FranceAP French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad and controversial, with around 1,700 proposed amendments, and it guarantees heated debate […]
US Pastor Rick Warren apologises for children’s Sunday school video loaded with Asian culture stereotypes
RNS Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has apologised for a children’s Sunday school curriculum video that used Asian culture stereotypes to teach kids about the Bible. The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described it as using Asian culture “as a prop for slapstick humor.” […]